Beloved Source of Security: We wish for total freedom from all forms of destructive fear. In its place, lead us into the freedom of surrender. You hold us while we grow, and in this confidence we release our anxieties about our self and its survival and success, and trust you with our story. We come [...]
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God of Prayer: Kiss us, each one, with the passion of your healing love felt in the silence of our inner room. We have been betrayed by the lie that we don’t have enough time. We have denied you for sleep, work, family, friends, sports, leisure, self. Everything belongs, and plays its part, yet healing [...]
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Matthew 11.15: “Let anyone with ears, listen.” We continue our theme of spiritual listening with Jesus’ enigmatic declaration. In this pithy maxim, Jesus is hinting that we must cultivate a greater capacity for hearing beyond the external ear alone. There is something deeper and fuller to hear – or not. The Christian contemplative tradition has [...]
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Revelation 3.20: “If anyone hears my voice and opens the door…” Continuing our theme from yesterday regarding the importance of spiritual listening, we are guided by this instructive formula from scripture harmonizing the role of grace and effort. The “voice” represents grace, constantly exerting influence upon us. Such grace is present and active through the influences [...]
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The following is an exerpt from the forthcoming book The God Who Is Here by Peter T. Haas © 2009. To contemplate is to see. The contemplative life is one in which God is seen. In this present life, absorbed with its trials and temptations, we cannot clearly see God. Yet, there is a way in [...]
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© By Peter T. Haas At the turn of the 20th century, there was one English translation of the Bible used by Christians and the church, the King James Version. In 1881, an updated translation of the King James was published titled, The English Revised Version. But by the end of the 20th century, there [...]
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Brief highlights of the mystic stream begining with Jesus.
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© 2009 Peter T. Haas In the news, we hear of fear, hate and violence. These powerful forces can fester in human minds and hearts with tragic consequences. The human condition is capable of keeping us enslaved to these powerful negative forces. But there is another way. It is the way of awakening. It is [...]
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The purity of heart begins with God healing our negative emotions. We participate in this healing through a regular practice of meditative prayer.
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